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Knowledge Management for Climate
Resilience:
The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network
(ACCCRN Phase II India) experience
Shashikant Chopde
Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET)
ekDRM Conference
10th-11th May, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
NIDM-GIZ
Objectives
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Develop resilience of cities in the region (SA and SEA)Urbanisation, Poverty and Climate Change
 Engagement
 Vulnerability Assessment
 Identification of resilience strategies for implementation
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India—Gorakhpur, Indore and Surat
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Phase-II (assessment and engagement)  Phase III
(implementation)
ACCCRN (Phase-II) in India
 GEAG: Gorakhpur (UP)
 TARU national partner; facilitating agency Surat (Gujarat) and Indore (M.P)
 International partners: ICLEI, APCO, Verulum Associates, ARUP
 Main activities (TARU of GEAG) include:
 Stakeholders involvement
 City Advisory Committees
 Sector studies (water, health etc)
 Vulnerability analysis
 Engagement-- State and National
 Role of ISET
 Technical support including strategic support
 Facilitating technical inputs
 Technical and conceptual support and documentation of SLDs
 Engagement National level (TERI, IRADE)
 Cross-learning in region and providing access to global knowledge
Comparison between Cities
Parameter
Surat
Indore/ Gorakhpur*
Expected
Climate
change
impacts
Floods, Sea level rise,
Water quality, Health
Water scarcity, Local
floods/water logging, Vector
borne diseases
Infrastructure & Fairly well developed,
Services
continued investments
Water supply weak,
considerable leakage,
Sewerage poor, Solid waste
collection poor
Administration
Most functions directly
handled by departments,
Devolution fairly high.
Performance and
accountability of
departments high
Different evolution since 74th
Amendment, considerable
influence of elected body on
day-to day functioning of
services
Municipal
Finance
Strong and positive since
many decades
Weak, low revenue collection
especially in water taxes etc.
Comparison between Cities contdParameter
Surat
Indore/ Gorakhpur*
Annual Per capita
expenditure By ULB
>1,600 INR
~1,000 INR
Perception about
Climate change risks
High, based on high
risks of flooding, urban
growth challenges felt
strongly
Low, largely due to lack
of major disaster issues
Donor funding
Insignificant
Significant in Water
supply, sewerage and
infrastructure for poor
Engagement
High involvement of
diverse stakeholders
and key champions,
Inclusive
Slow in the beginning,
gained momentum,
inclusive (civil society)
Role of media
High
High
Overview of the processes
 GIS based Vulnerability Analysis (large cities)
 Vision based Planning
 Creating Sectoral Vision Sheets
 CAC discussions and inclusion in planning process
 Community-resources-government-markets mapping
 Explore linkages between stakeholders and resources
 Explore adaptation options through institutional mechanisms
 Sectoral Studies: systemic and cross-sectoral issues
 PLA (qualitative method of VA)-Smaller cities
 Shared Learning Dialogues
Surat: GIS based Vulnerability analysis
Capacity
Income
stability
Social
grouping
Education
Source: Vulnerability analysis, TARU, 2010
Vulnerability
Loan/
Insurance
Drainage/
sewerage
Housing
Sectoral studies
 Flood Risk Management (Surat)
 Water Sector (Indore)
 Geo-hydrology (Gorakhpur)
Overlaid with Climate Downscaling
Understanding inter-linkages across sectors
Systemic perspective
Enables: from Disaster Management focus to Climate
Resilience
Identify points of greater leverage?
In combination with VA surveys (qualitative/
quantitative) identify appropriate pilot projects
Shared Learning Dialogues
 Sequential and iterative process of:
Understanding perceptions of vulnerability
Understanding softer (qualitative) vulnerability issues
Multiple-levels
Across SECs and sectors (“Community”, GO, NGOs,
academia)
Understanding interaction across sectors (systemic
perspective)
Identify and rank adaptation options/ strategies (City
Resilience Strategy docs—periodic updation)
M & E (adaptive learning)
Thank You !
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for details:
http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/what-we-do/current-work/developing-climatechange-resilience/asian-cities-climate-change-resilience/